Alone and depressed after the suicide of her lover, american flight attendant gina lindsay burdge, a teacher travels to paris and hooks up with nightclub bartender jerome damien bonnard, staying vertical on her layover. Best known for coproducing nathan silvers thirst street featuring the voice of academy award winner anjelica huston. Of all the films i saw at the 2017 tribeca film festival, nathan silvers thirst street was easily the best one. Overview of thirst street, 2017, directed by nathan silver, with jacques nolot, lindsay burdge, damien bonnard, at turner classic movies. Thirst street 2017 stream and watch online moviefone. A romantic drama with a side note of dark humor, it was directed and written by nathan silver uncertain terms 2014, stinking heaven 2015 along with cowriter c. Thirst street 2017 where to stream and watch decider. Twin cities jewish film festival, presented by the sabes jcc and the st. Mason wells, who also produced the film, to craft a dense screenplay that deconstructs the many facets of the calamitous downward spiral of a woman. Thirst street turned out to be a more overwhelming experience than i expected because i had in mind a different dynamic but this tragicomedy about the emotional intrigues of its protagonist. Additionally, the actors carry every scene with great mobility and emotion making for a solid viewing experience.
Silver takes one of the most politically disreputable of subgenresthe film in which a female stalks a male, embodying each persons respective, stereotypical fears of rejection and obsessionand turns it upside down. Jun 14, 2017 thirst street in us theaters september, 2017 starring anjelica huston, lindsay burdge, lola bessis, damien bonnard. Energy, water, and human survival and millions of other books are available for instant access. The street in these films was not only a place of violence but also a place where virtues that had seemingly. Stay tuned with us for more details about the movie thirst street 19 march 2017 tags. Twin cities jewish film festival, minneapolis, mn sabes jcc. Everything you need to know about thirst street movie 2017. Thirst street is far more concerned with style and atmosphere than characters and story. The film centres around hulda who is suspected being responsible for the death of her brother, steindi, and is therefore under investigation by the police. It is loosely based on the novel therese raquin by emile zola. The most impressive feature of thirst street is its abundant style. Aug 08, 2017 alone and depressed after the suicide of her lover, american flight attendant gina lindsay burdge, a teacher travels to paris and hooks up with nightclub b. Nathan silver, and dp sean price williams conjure up a gorgeous, colourfully grimy portrait of paris at night and a woman on the edge.
Released september 21st, 2017, thirst street stars lindsay burdge, damien bonnard, esther garrel, lola bessis the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 23 min, and received a score of 71 out of 100. With john redlinger, jes macallan, karl makinen, clare niederpruem. The preamble of the new black comedy thirst street finds gina, an american flight attendant, in a period of stability, happily partnered with her doting boyfriend, paul damien bonnard, as. Through welltrod fields of lustful, sadmad blindness, thirst street has its share of disreputably perverse pleasures. Thirst street plunges viewers into one womans harrowing ordeal a journey made all the more gripping thanks to lindsay burdges central performance. Terminal on midtown easts highly desirable third avenue corridor, 655 third avenue features a renovated lobby. Apr 21, 2017 lindsay burdge plays an american flight attendant who plunges into an amour fou in paris to erase the pain of her lovers suicide in nathan silvers 70sstyle psychodrama, thirst street. It stars lindsay burdge, damien bonnard, esther garrel, lola bessis, jacques nolot, francoise lebrun, cindy silver and valerie laury. Alone and depressed after the suicide of her lover, american flight attendant gina lindsay burdge, a teacher travels to paris and hooks up with nightclub b. Nathan silver may not be as big a name as refn or malick, but thirst street, his seventh film in nine years, is bound to elicit similar debates. Thirst street is a 2017 black comedy film directed by nathan silver, from a screenplay by silver and c. A grieving flight attendant begins to lose sight of reality when she falls for a parisian.
The film s bittersweetness reminds me of some claude chabrol films. Sep 19, 2017 the preamble of the new black comedy thirst street finds gina, an american flight attendant, in a period of stability, happily partnered with her doting boyfriend, paul damien bonnard, as. Thirst 2015 teens at a wilderness boot camp discover a strange orb in the desert. Alone and depressed after the suicide of her lover, american flight attendant gina lindsay burdge travels to paris and hooks up with night. With anjelica huston, damien bonnard, esther garrel, lindsay burdge. Street film, type of realistic motion picture, popular in germany during the 1920s, that dealt with the lives of common people during a time of economic depression. To keep it indie 100 for a minute and hopefully not sound too obscure, if indie filmmaker alex ross perry was to roman polanski what his paranoiac feature queen of earth was to polanskis the tenant, then director nathan silver is to rainer werner fassbinder what thirst street is to the german new wave directors lola. N athan silver tackles melodrama in thirst street, fusing its emotional bigness with his unique form of quotidian portraiture without one cancelling the other out. Narrated by anjelica huston, with widescreen lensing by sean price williams good time and a visual palette equally inspired by 70s european art films and 80s cinema du look, thirst street is an acerbic pleasure from one of modern independent cinemas most prolific and prodigious talents. Lindsay burdge playing a stalking woman in need of love is absolute. Presently, reichert completed american factory in 2019 shortlisted for the best feature documentary oscar and is. Lindsay burdge plays an american flight attendant who plunges into an amour fou in paris to erase the pain of her lovers suicide in nathan silvers 70sstyle psychodrama, thirst street. American flight attendant gina lindsay burdge arrives at each new destination in a state of.
Just a picture for thirst street, the upcoming romantic drama comedy movie directed by nathan silver based on a script he cowrote with c. Nov 17, 2017 a woman falling prey to psychotic romantic obsession is a story older than the bible, so plotwise nathan silvers thirst street, about a grieving american flight attendant who moves to paris to. Making its way across the film festival circuit through 2017, englishfrench film thirst street made its way to theaters on september 20, 2017, with a vod release date set for december 12th, thanks to samuel goldwyn films. Mar 19, 2017 thirst street movie just a picture for thirst street, the upcoming romantic drama comedy movie directed by nathan silver based on a script he cowrote with c. Thirst takes place in a small town, not unlike reykjavik where there is evil lurking around and strange crimes and brutality seem to be daily bread. If thirst street has any major flaw, its that the predictability of the film s narrative pales in comparison to its stirring aesthetics. Starring lindsay burdge a teacher, the movie is influenced by the erotic 1970s dramas of rainer werner fassbinder, but gives a deviously funny edge think roman polanski s the tenant to what is a.
Thirst street 2018 07252018 fr drama, romance, thriller 1h 23m user score. At a brisk 80 minutes, thirst street never overstays its welcome, but by the last 15 or so, the film makes most of the requisite genre moves and it falls into a semimonotonous state. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. When jeromes ex clemence esther garrel reenters the picture, gina is sent on a downward spiral of miscommunication, masochism, and madness. A grieving flight attendant begins to lose sight of reality when she falls for a. A young stewardess who ends up driven to a point of obsessive madness because of a onenight stand thirst street turned out to be a more overwhelming experience than i expected because i had in mind a. Most recently he produced senior love triangle, starring tom. A group of wayward teens at a wilderness boot camp must fight for their lives against the attacks of a ruthless bloodsucking alien.
Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. Started with exit elena and then, intrigued by the name and poster, thirst street. With no communication, and nowhere to hide, they realize their only chance for survival is to fight. Thirst street but as gina falls deeper into lust and opts to stay in france, this harmless rendezvous quickly turns into unrequited amour fou. Apr 27, 2017 with thirst street, he balances neon hues and daytime light with fluidity, giving the films transitions between day and night a visually rhythmic vibe. Oct 11, 2017 a compelling little film, the audience will be captivated with the narrated storylines provided by huston and her descriptions of the scenes at hand. Sep 20, 2017 if thirst street has any major flaw, its that the predictability of the films narrative pales in comparison to its stirring aesthetics. Find out where thirst street 2017 is streaming, if thirst street 2017 is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Thirst street stars an american in a city that hates her. Although the screenplay was adapted by the theatre critic herbert grevenius from stories by the novelistactress birgit tengroth. What follows is a fight for their very lives as theyre hunted by a ruthless, bloodsucking alien. You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime.
Nathan silver tackles melodrama in thirst street, fusing its emotional. The film premiered at the tribeca film festival, the venice film festival, and tiff and was distributed by samuel goldwyn films. Thirst street in us theaters september, 2017 starring anjelica huston, lindsay burdge, lola bessis, damien bonnard. The film is about an american woman who falls in love with a french man after a onenight stand, then decides to doggedly pursue him despite his. Nathan silvers romantic drama thirst street follows a flight attendants spiraling amour fou towards a parisian bartender, but while thats an. Check out the new trailer starring anjelica huston, lindsay burdge, and damien bonnard. Amazon prime canada has made available some of nathan silvers micro budgeted independent films that make some of the film festival rounds so i thought id check a couple out. The films colors suggest hues of want, with a pregnant, transcendent. Now silver returns with a film no less bold, but in contrast to that earlier work one that is classically, even.
For these reasons, crypticrock gives thirst street 3 out of 5 stars. While on layover in paris, a lonely american flight attendant has a rendezvous with a seedy nightclub bartender and becomes tangled in a web of miscommunication, masochism. A woman falling prey to psychotic romantic obsession is a story older than the bible, so plotwise nathan silvers thirst street, about a grieving american flight attendant who moves to paris to. The film tells the story of a catholic priestwho is in love with his friends wifeturning into a vampire through a failed medical experiment. When a group of wayward teens arrive at a desert boot camp, with no communication, and nowhere to run to, they realize their only chance for survival is to fight for their lives. With thirst street, he balances neon hues and daytime light with fluidity, giving the films transitions between day and night a visually rhythmic vibe. Damien bonnard, anjelica huston, lindsay burdge gina, an american flight attendant, falls in with a parisian bartender on a layover only to find herself tangled in a web of deception, delusion and unrequited amour fou.
Gina, an american flight attendant, falls in with a parisian bartender on a. Thirst street is a corrective to the scores of movies american and otherwise that portray unrequited romantic obsession as something other than what it really is. The attacks begin after they discover a strange orb in the middle of the desert. Her breakout role in hannah fidells a teacher brought her raves for her intense performance of destructive obsession.
Lacking in character, but not in style film inquiry. Thirst street lindsay burdges intrepid performance as a woman unable to let go of a onenight stand galvanizes nathan silvers sharply stylized character study. Bold choices continued in movies like nathan silvers thirst street, karyn kusamas the invitation, and joe swanbergs netflix show easy. Gina, an american flight attendant, falls in with a parisian bartender on a layover only to find herself tangled in a web of deception, delusion and unrequited amour fou.
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